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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 37:33
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, etc.] Which they point unto, and direct to walk in; not only the statutes and ordinances themselves, the theory of them, but the practice of them. This is taught in the word, and by the ministers of it; but none so effectually teach as the Lord himself, (<230203>Isaiah 2:3 <402216>Matthew 22:16 28:20); and I shall keep it [unto] the end; keep the way unto the end of it: or rather to the end of life, all my days, and never depart out of it, or turn to the right hand or the left; but walk on in it as long as I live: or, “I shall observe it, [even] the end” f1654; the end of the way of thy statutes or commandments. Now the end of the commandment is charity or love, which is the fulfilling of it: though that is perfectly fulfilled by none but by Christ, the end of the law for righteousness, (<520105>1 Thessalonians 1:5 <451004> Romans 10:4). The word for “end” signifies a “reward”; so Aben Ezra interprets it, and refers to (<191911>Psalm 19:11); but Kimchi denies the law is to be kept for the sake of reward; which is right: rather the sense is, I will keep it by way of retribution, or in gratitude for teaching the way. The Targum is, “and I will keep unto perfection;” which cannot be done by sinful man.
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